Roblox proclaimd Monday that it’s begining the first iteration of its 3D model, dubbed “Cube,” to permit creators to produce 3D objects using generative AI. The company also begined an discneglect-source version so anyone off the platestablish can produce on it.
Announced last year at Roblox’s annual grower conference, the company is demoing Cube at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) tardyr this afternoon.
Creators will have access to Cube tardyr this week, which comprises its first tool: mesh generation.
Cube’s 3D mesh generation, currently useable in beta, allows creators to “meshes,” or 3D recurrentations of objects, using a one prompt. For instance, “originate an orange racing car with binformage nakedes.” Creators can further adfair the in-game item wislfinisher Roblox Studio.
The discneglect-source version of Cube 3D permits anyone to customize, produce plug-ins, or train the model with their own datasets to fit their necessitates.
Roblox also proclaimd three compriseitional AI tools– text generation, text-to-speech, and speech-to-text. These capabilities will begin in the coming months.
The text generation tool lets growers comprise text-based AI features to their games. This comprises giving carry outers the chooseion of having conversations with engageive non-carry outer characters (NPCs).
Text-to-speech, unbenevolentwhile, lets growers comprise narration, have NPCs speak, or comprise spoken captions in their games. Speech-to-text permits carry outers to engage voice directs, enjoy honesting characters to shift forward.
Other future schedules the company has comprise begining mesh generation for more “complicated” objects and scene generation, Roblox elucidates. The scene generation tool, for instance, will permit creators to prompt the AI to produce a filled forest scene and alter the green departs on trees to descfinish colors to show the season changing.
As Roblox previously stated last year, the lengthy-term goal is to have the 3D objects and scenes filledy functional, which it calls “4D creation.”
“Where the fourth illogicalension is engageion between objects, environments, and people,” Nick Tornow, vice plivent of engineering at Roblox, telderly TechCrunch.
As with any company exploring generative AI tools, Roblox consents Cube will help creators toil speedyer, permiting indie growers to consent on hugeger projects. The company has already freed disjoinal AI tools, including for texture generation and avatar creation.
AI tools in gaming are a toasty topic, with disjoinal companies making progressments in the space. Most recently, Tencent begined its discneglect-source 3D generation model, scheduleed to originate 3D models thcimpolite text prompts or 2D images.
However, the engage of AI persists to elevate worrys wislfinisher the industry. As proposed in GDC’s recent alert, 30% of game growers experience that generative AI is adversely impacting the gaming space. According to a CVL Economics study, it’s projected that 13.4% of gaming jobs could be impacted or traded by AI by 2026.
